May 23, 2019Sudhir Karmakar, a retired bank employee and a resident of Kayasthapara, an area located off EM Bypass has been waiting for new drinking water supply from Dhapa water treatment plant. Karmakar has been fed up with extra salinity in the ground water, which not only tastes bad but also harm the clothes losing colour due to hardness.

May 20, 2019It was a family at work in the electoral war room of Kolkata South’s Trinamool Congress on Pratapaditya Road with husband Nirbed and son Nirban working overtime for Mala Roy to iron out hitches in her poll prospects.

May 15, 2019 The construction firm engaged to restore the Tallah water tank — the lifeline to city’s water supply system — is in need of at least 1.3 lakh litres of paint for the exterior and interior of the mild-steel structure that was built in the Raj era.

May 14, 2019Several pockets of Salt Lake might be reeling under acute water shortage this summer, but officials of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday claimed that they had the necessary infrastructure to tackle any emergency situation.

May 12, 2019 The civic body on Saturday initiated a crackdown on some agencies manning car parking lots across Kolkata after a section of the parking attendants employed by these agencies was accused of fleecing motorists.